L'École Saint Pierre (la Rochefoucauld)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFJU3g1RfUkj5MBK4r54o3wabWslx9ycWsnYk5qQ3JhlYyYhIZm01cufkBFRvB3jaIbN8Bc8L2JXw1wEeTueTZJv64uJaj0JRM-VSoKMKqbF8pWKBWjJqmxBKiziyqO1AvW0LVLYV0RI/s1600/2012+Jan+17+3rd_0254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFJU3g1RfUkj5MBK4r54o3wabWslx9ycWsnYk5qQ3JhlYyYhIZm01cufkBFRvB3jaIbN8Bc8L2JXw1wEeTueTZJv64uJaj0JRM-VSoKMKqbF8pWKBWjJqmxBKiziyqO1AvW0LVLYV0RI/s1600/2012+Jan+17+3rd_0254.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">L'École Saint Pierre (la Rochefoucauld)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you look up while walking on rue Cler,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can see this spire and clock...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">not found on the usual Paris maps</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">L'École Saint Pierre (la Rochefoucauld)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">11, rue Cler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

L'École Saint Pierre (la Rochefoucauld)

L'École Saint Pierre (la Rochefoucauld) If you look up while walking on rue Cler, you can see this spire and clock... not found on the u...

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Cadran Solaire Vertical

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCiSeILb8h1oRa2UeMxKIntcp-dghlLdUIFjjxyR-nVYX1x10M8XkFFOgJVyazkcd6FeOHLhtkyBzcadNpyg2Yb-zDUGbWSZeGKkVy81YuO12U2fuFkCI4lX7lbvJsT2fY46ruwTUADA/s1600/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCiSeILb8h1oRa2UeMxKIntcp-dghlLdUIFjjxyR-nVYX1x10M8XkFFOgJVyazkcd6FeOHLhtkyBzcadNpyg2Yb-zDUGbWSZeGKkVy81YuO12U2fuFkCI4lX7lbvJsT2fY46ruwTUADA/s640/2011+april+day+5+DSC_0330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vertical Sundial</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many sundials can be found in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">either high on a building (to catch the sun's rays)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> or on the ground.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one is vertical and found in Montmartre.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vertical Sundial</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div>

Cadran Solaire Vertical

Vertical Sundial Many sundials can be found in Paris,  either high on a building (to catch the sun's rays)  or on the ground.   This one...

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Poisson d'Avril - chut! (demain)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU865z0qkptYcC9OiY8bJD6MozinHZIq8GznZLUftYm5ePMOpTExiYtcv17XhpqMKA5OXxDbATMSic9m2RCBL1OtBnuCeln6vPPxOOn_ACqFfMkdHVe4ru92zl66IbMNAarSfNU8rMErU/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU865z0qkptYcC9OiY8bJD6MozinHZIq8GznZLUftYm5ePMOpTExiYtcv17XhpqMKA5OXxDbATMSic9m2RCBL1OtBnuCeln6vPPxOOn_ACqFfMkdHVe4ru92zl66IbMNAarSfNU8rMErU/s1600/2010+Dec+5+DSC_0177.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you know what <u>tomorrow</u> is?</span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the USA it is April Fools Day and we play pranks like, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Look out!  There's a spider on your shoulder!"  </span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The tradition in France includes <i>poisson d'avril</i>, attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed.  There is an interesting history of this holiday of foolishness, and it originated in France in the 16th century.  You can<a href="http://www.francetravelguide.com/april-fools-day-in-france-le-poisson-davril.html" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">read about it here</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today in France, people who are fooled on April 1 are called <i>poisson d'avril</i>, which literally means the "April Fish," because a young naive fish is easily caught.  </span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, are you going to play a little prank tomorrow?</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHrBYQm022CTMhKdQOT0LB4Ln8SfH88E0MbY7Qf3zf35a37p_hhxlBypOns5U1xc72yj0dA0dRSqkBhwqx6mZmpJDjO9MttHFoOMn0GmVBGBBdMa6lTJB8PJkpo0PUV_YeCXVi9Axdj4/s1600/2012+Apr+1+Paris_070DSC_5617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHrBYQm022CTMhKdQOT0LB4Ln8SfH88E0MbY7Qf3zf35a37p_hhxlBypOns5U1xc72yj0dA0dRSqkBhwqx6mZmpJDjO9MttHFoOMn0GmVBGBBdMa6lTJB8PJkpo0PUV_YeCXVi9Axdj4/s1600/2012+Apr+1+Paris_070DSC_5617.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché d'Aligre et le Baron Rouge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Poisson d'Avril - chut! (demain)

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Un landau?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwcGpYQKYTJIxcvul9hd1AR-mD3xJOOqV3PcVYFsT2sxSikyqWbgH4gi0j8zlk4U_AQ03U2DPvfLgRSDGHB3w5g-YrrSa1kIkjAu-cA1Z-f6ETEnMH6e_W4P19v6EWGv6ong3CnoC5u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+214+DSC_1899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwcGpYQKYTJIxcvul9hd1AR-mD3xJOOqV3PcVYFsT2sxSikyqWbgH4gi0j8zlk4U_AQ03U2DPvfLgRSDGHB3w5g-YrrSa1kIkjAu-cA1Z-f6ETEnMH6e_W4P19v6EWGv6ong3CnoC5u4/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+214+DSC_1899.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A baby carriage?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This little antique was sitting outside a notions boutique </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the passage du Grand Cerf.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The short handles and small wheels </div><div style="text-align: center;">made me think that it was a rather elegant doll carriage.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The convertible shade was made of leather </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I should have examined it more closely </div><div style="text-align: center;">for the name of the manufacturer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage du Grand Cerf</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un landau?

A baby carriage? This little antique was sitting outside a notions boutique  in the passage du Grand Cerf.   The short handles and small whe...

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Frederique! Attends!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF3qcN3vlwusOBlLUiAN9iyYuCX_qqMjzAKR-wnyu4qIUjPvCDP3TAIoedGOAd9OpH9wwjflrZNesSv97NrTHzQopj3NkaFNyEE5C3DyGSooUVCbrf6-oygIjQuq9woP8GHT_RGhxEMo/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+208+DSC_8886.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF3qcN3vlwusOBlLUiAN9iyYuCX_qqMjzAKR-wnyu4qIUjPvCDP3TAIoedGOAd9OpH9wwjflrZNesSv97NrTHzQopj3NkaFNyEE5C3DyGSooUVCbrf6-oygIjQuq9woP8GHT_RGhxEMo/s1600/2014+Sept+18+Thur++++_20140918+208+DSC_8886.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frederique!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is brief</div><div style="text-align: center;">Drink it in big gulps</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Frederique! Attends!

Frederique! Wait! Life is brief Drink it in big gulps Paris

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Note de cendrier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi4kheoCOpzzU7r8vBvfKopwxKJZ1K8mqe3K59ZptCPioDVZvhWMoLSCs6JcCmZMBa4ndqGwEsSe0nHk0bxGdZ-dYmVo6VEOvGkRhkOHEWCX4aBcUOWqYY-Kvtc72vaVjHwBoHKosHkQ/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_135DSC_8730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi4kheoCOpzzU7r8vBvfKopwxKJZ1K8mqe3K59ZptCPioDVZvhWMoLSCs6JcCmZMBa4ndqGwEsSe0nHk0bxGdZ-dYmVo6VEOvGkRhkOHEWCX4aBcUOWqYY-Kvtc72vaVjHwBoHKosHkQ/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_135DSC_8730.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ashtray note</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is difficult to believe that the French have limited smoking to outdoors.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">When I think of the French film there was always a sultry type with a cigarette.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The restaurants do not allow smoking except on their terraces </div><div style="text-align: center;">which makes it difficult to enjoy the open-air cafes.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was amused by this little note written on the paneled courtyard wall, </div><div style="text-align: center;">imploring so politely that the smoker use the ashtray provided </div><div style="text-align: center;">and not throw the butts on the ground.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">joyeux anniversaire, Nanette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Courtyard, Rue de Seine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Note de cendrier

Ashtray note It is difficult to believe that the French have limited smoking to outdoors.   When I think of the French film there was always...

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Moulins Burgeois - un camion de livraison

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3k64hY1tcLA-P4-2U4ZX3ZnaexfBcyS5_KBcK76iEfUcYqV6bbM-uyK4GrwTxTSGsUkT1HRWjZqGqnJNAGsxVM-rXx1QYEesqGz2eMjmda3Hvv25p1WDgjNEraOehsetOPxjFDAO_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+014+DSC_7058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3k64hY1tcLA-P4-2U4ZX3ZnaexfBcyS5_KBcK76iEfUcYqV6bbM-uyK4GrwTxTSGsUkT1HRWjZqGqnJNAGsxVM-rXx1QYEesqGz2eMjmda3Hvv25p1WDgjNEraOehsetOPxjFDAO_E/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+014+DSC_7058.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moulins-bourgeois.com/key-facts/" target="_blank">Moulins Bourgeois</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"A miller, and much more"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coming out of Eric Kayser one morning we found these friendly delivery men bringing in the heavy sacks of flour from Moulins Bourgeois.  We asked permission for their photos and I was fascinated by the source of the flour which is transformed into the indescribable pastries and breads of Eric Kayser and other pâtisseries/boulangeries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The company was established in 1895 in Verdelot and today continues to produce "classic bread-making flour, traditional French flour, gruel and flour from the USA, stone ground and organic flour."  With a staff of 80 people they serve a customer base of artisan bakeries, both within 200 km of the mill and Internationally to Europe and Asia.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At home, would I notice a flour delivery to a bakery I frequented?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably not, unless it was Eric Kayser, John-Paul Hévin, Julien, Pierre Hermé, Dalloyau, Ladurée, La Petite Rose, Pâtisserie des Rêves, Stohrer, Coqueliqot.... just too many to name</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Moulins Burgeois - un camion de livraison

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Elle pleure

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmGivq7DQjXp6dvRdhENf98tMty5XEM3dnGh6KTy7jBSIS1vGxdJYKLYmfH2jTj0Qa39yBYwISzjyh75eD_xrugG7oDe_k3jEKbAUM8I1Ix6fLLctv8onyFYZQ-7xmq1954POX-mlTc/s1600/2009+Dec+00341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XmGivq7DQjXp6dvRdhENf98tMty5XEM3dnGh6KTy7jBSIS1vGxdJYKLYmfH2jTj0Qa39yBYwISzjyh75eD_xrugG7oDe_k3jEKbAUM8I1Ix6fLLctv8onyFYZQ-7xmq1954POX-mlTc/s1600/2009+Dec+00341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She cries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has cried many times </div><div style="text-align: center;">over the past century</div><div style="text-align: center;">for loss of innocent lives </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She cried again </div><div style="text-align: center;">on January 7, 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div>

Elle pleure

She cries She has cried many times  over the past century for loss of innocent lives She cried again  on January 7, 2015 Cimetière du Père L...

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Leurs chemins se sont croisés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2GV9HuXeR4O45pQ9Zf45TK3d6oR2JK-VfOle3YQONf1Mrv8djthVzWkPDB5kvbT4tIyS2SZEPvU4gSgUvVj9rb0a4VDcFuySNnk2OKlKqZORjsrAvRuNmG01ErbUqb53nP1ahh-g8eI/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+547+DSC_3221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2GV9HuXeR4O45pQ9Zf45TK3d6oR2JK-VfOle3YQONf1Mrv8djthVzWkPDB5kvbT4tIyS2SZEPvU4gSgUvVj9rb0a4VDcFuySNnk2OKlKqZORjsrAvRuNmG01ErbUqb53nP1ahh-g8eI/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+547+DSC_3221.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crossing Paths</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were actually three photos of this mother/daughter pair </div><div style="text-align: center;">walking down Rue Saint-Paul in the Marais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The blurred figure moving in the opposite direction </div><div style="text-align: center;">gave this shot a touch of mystery...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with a sinister mood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Petit Saint-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">40, rue Saint-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le Marais</span></i></div>

Leurs chemins se sont croisés

Crossing Paths There were actually three photos of this mother/daughter pair  walking down Rue Saint-Paul in the Marais.   The blurred figur...

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Le Perchoir - mes amis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi7QvT3MSlvqLQdS4zZ6SsgGPV-IKlB2niVOkK_uR6FBjEa9Tu7qnmtAfL3GlzqarnboOKA4RkwgPvWfEuK3gbrZzLdEewS8qcCRoaBHI59K1tUbzK0TfN-xWKZDwerv7wyvZbbAnIiA/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+209+DSC_9162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi7QvT3MSlvqLQdS4zZ6SsgGPV-IKlB2niVOkK_uR6FBjEa9Tu7qnmtAfL3GlzqarnboOKA4RkwgPvWfEuK3gbrZzLdEewS8qcCRoaBHI59K1tUbzK0TfN-xWKZDwerv7wyvZbbAnIiA/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+209+DSC_9162.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Perchoir</div><div style="text-align: center;">(the rooftop bar)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were only three of us that evening, </div><div style="text-align: center;">plus the family of one of the workers, two or three others.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed a sunset and drinks, </div><div style="text-align: center;">chatted with these two who were pouring the beverages, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a wonderful evening in this magical place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I returned to Le Perchoir a few months ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> there were hundreds of people in the space, </div><div style="text-align: center;">most of whom were twenty-somethings.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It had lost a bit of the mystique but still worth it for the view.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To see what it looked like last November, <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2014/01/le-perchoir-rooftop-bar.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Perchoir</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">14, rue Crespin du Gast</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Perchoir - mes amis

Le Perchoir (the rooftop bar) There were only three of us that evening,  plus the family of one of the workers, two or three others. We enjo...

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Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFJMFkF8AzYvOL-rs0GZY-uenWYmk_ZzQofc7qD35J98h-UurdAR1JoqoPPdbOaLiwSM1444ifipP6iTqult0dblhyphenhyphenOorDOkDl3C7goUVcE73EHM1Rt7eKNWoVfW9C-tX9fT2oiikjFk/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+030+DSC_8983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFJMFkF8AzYvOL-rs0GZY-uenWYmk_ZzQofc7qD35J98h-UurdAR1JoqoPPdbOaLiwSM1444ifipP6iTqult0dblhyphenhyphenOorDOkDl3C7goUVcE73EHM1Rt7eKNWoVfW9C-tX9fT2oiikjFk/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+030+DSC_8983.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismarck American Center</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s for Mona Bismarck.  The windows, woodwork, and structural details retain the elegance of its origins.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mona Bismarck was a philanthropist, a beautiful, wealthy woman who divided her time among residences in New York, Paris, Palm Beach, and Capri.  Her legacy lives on in this museum just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower with its art exhibitions.  You can even have a party in the ornate premier étage salons with an unobstructed view of the Tower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mona Bismarck American Center</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">34, avenue de New York</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris  </span></i></div>

Mona Bismarck American Center - l'escalier

Mona Bismarck American Center This hôtel particulier was built at the end of the 19th century and remodeled by Stéphane Boudin in the 1950s ...

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Dans ma chambre!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbi9sG-kwFSpgel7sjjM9j6xc-PZGuZ9NAqv1V5QSpt08k1XcWN1jRWc0TDdrBuX54OpRq7LeHAFhdC_VcY9TiMbAhpgr7Hn9PRzgSpGhWAS5YBLoA5ddMWO6OkueiEpdAUOfwg0cwy4/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+043+DSC_9249.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No, these racoons were not in my bedroom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have certainly never seen </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>un raton laveur</i> in Paris!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Bac</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Dans ma chambre!

No, these racoons were not in my bedroom,  but they made an eye-catching window display on Rue du Bac. I have certainly never seen  un raton...

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Square René-Viviani

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmTRqlGgWRN86_eWeUFkyNEnqoS_WnIHFL9CHsT_GnEsb4aYsltOf-bw4ctMs5lkjf8YK2c3pKYJ_B7SAeOu5_XoPK8qrcFn4o8pTnbZPYTXS9lkEC4SMokpDalSd9_o3_tf1aoMdAw/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+168+DSC_0274.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Square René-Viviani</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture </div><div style="text-align: center;">known as the Saint Julien fountain.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was constructed by Frenchman Georges Jeanclos in 1995 </div><div style="text-align: center;">and based on a tale of a curse by witches (with many characters), </div><div style="text-align: center;">a tale told and retold since the Middle Ages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is an interesting square near the Seine and Notre Dame.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can hear the crunch of the "Paris gravel."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Square René-Viviani</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Square René-Viviani

Square René-Viviani In the midst of this square is this odd sculpture  known as the Saint Julien fountain.   It was constructed by Frenchman...

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Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsj8-skLYGpM89d25UOsYx8HJqfKZevUWHm7ebzjLUCOrM5rdd3ZYAW1zJ83fvAAY8pj2qr-YKKulugic0syh9EYDLacBp5GZpNDl8JrkDh9aRQ0E5Hksplo6s-Efh0azwR1DLYkeS7bI/s1600/2012+Oct+4+Thursday_93DSC_8184.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bistrot Paul Bert</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Only one table was vacant </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parisians have a tendency to linger over a meal, </div><div style="text-align: center;">engaging in conversation.  On a mild, sunny autumn day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no reason to hurry the afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">When in <strike>Rome</strike> Paris.....</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bistrot Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18, rue Paul Bert</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Bistrot Paul Bert - la terrasse

Bistrot Paul Bert Only one table was vacant  but it was well after the serving hours for déjeuner.   Parisians have a tendency to linger ove...

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Un chat et un chien

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XweAmcKg8goVYqLv15nEmpM50KUDGCoFoa5xVmFH83tUiwWRZcu1RneZYchmML9-Y5GnE34bJUueduTK6ZoP-33IZYghLiDiVdDxhIyR8Z3VgnQTUIVe7DdN5C8j2RfZwQ_qUCq5XLw/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_78DSC_8560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XweAmcKg8goVYqLv15nEmpM50KUDGCoFoa5xVmFH83tUiwWRZcu1RneZYchmML9-Y5GnE34bJUueduTK6ZoP-33IZYghLiDiVdDxhIyR8Z3VgnQTUIVe7DdN5C8j2RfZwQ_qUCq5XLw/s1600/2012+Oct+5+Friday_78DSC_8560.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A cat and a dog</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This building dated 1903 (Bastier) has two interesting doorways.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The green tiles are an assortment of salamanders by A and M Turin, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and together with the cat and dog, appear to guard the door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful wood doors are in pristine shape, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it would be hard to pass on the sidewalk </div><div style="text-align: center;">without feeling the "eyes" looking down at the passerby.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">78, rue Mademoiselle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75015, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Un chat et un chien

A cat and a dog This building dated 1903 (Bastier) has two interesting doorways.   The green tiles are an assortment of salamanders by A and...

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l'actrice en rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNeFfFIieGQiTeroyQSA0Dc4JjG5y72iF2w-muxmAeTaKlLfVFwgTHYK4VME4K0Sm4WZ_S-zbNFZYdC3m4Cez-qFgVu1W0o4FpNxgpO9-VxFwCiyaGz65gnszVLV_-68tE_9H5rFrwOk/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNeFfFIieGQiTeroyQSA0Dc4JjG5y72iF2w-muxmAeTaKlLfVFwgTHYK4VME4K0Sm4WZ_S-zbNFZYdC3m4Cez-qFgVu1W0o4FpNxgpO9-VxFwCiyaGz65gnszVLV_-68tE_9H5rFrwOk/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0376.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An actor in red...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just outside Marché des Enfants Rouge, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we walked upon a film scene as they were finishing for the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She was not posing or acting,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but just being herself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Must be a French girl...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Bretagne</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

l'actrice en rouge

An actor in red... Just outside Marché des Enfants Rouge,  we walked upon a film scene as they were finishing for the day. She was not posin...

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Loren Munk - l'artiste américain

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1d7vJoQzj_qlmgXfgcq_mogUylVdvXA36RUpQft9eWyoLhey0Bj29VFw7h_CdYcXadMn4MBFCraxkGVVKWYI9xtzAmJkq9E3gg1hV_qW7B4Uc_wCYY8vFmVKJw2v3wMmMe19mUktxs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_158DSC_4406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1d7vJoQzj_qlmgXfgcq_mogUylVdvXA36RUpQft9eWyoLhey0Bj29VFw7h_CdYcXadMn4MBFCraxkGVVKWYI9xtzAmJkq9E3gg1hV_qW7B4Uc_wCYY8vFmVKJw2v3wMmMe19mUktxs/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_158DSC_4406.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Loren Munk</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artist, <a href="http://www.lorenmunk.com/" target="_blank">Loren Munk</a>, was born in 1951 in the United States and made his artistic debut in SOHO.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He is known for his cubist paintings that "combine urban imagery with exhaustive historic research, complex systems of thinking and painterly finesse." (www.freightandvolume.com)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He was jury-selected to execute this wall mural by the Mayor's Office of Paris in 1993. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Loren Munk wall-mural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue de la Gaité</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Loren Munk - l'artiste américain

Loren Munk The artist, Loren Munk , was born in 1951 in the United States and made his artistic debut in SOHO. He is known for his cubist pa...

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La femme et une fontaine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YuO46dux_kt_4YabLV_ywUdFqoLJTgIEqcrpKLjlTMOo5Bk083_d0R9GWHbGJTmcWf_p1rifD9PFlQpERYAAbuA4cfkJJmh77_rVESpqdvDuIb1PPwjWqlbkL1RLSO17sQVSquoT4WI/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_28DSC_9360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YuO46dux_kt_4YabLV_ywUdFqoLJTgIEqcrpKLjlTMOo5Bk083_d0R9GWHbGJTmcWf_p1rifD9PFlQpERYAAbuA4cfkJJmh77_rVESpqdvDuIb1PPwjWqlbkL1RLSO17sQVSquoT4WI/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_28DSC_9360.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jardin du Palais Royal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is something quite mesmerizing about this fountain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and you can feel the pull</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La femme et une fontaine

Jardin du Palais Royal There is something quite mesmerizing about this fountain, and you can feel the pull Jardin du Palais Royal 75001, Par...

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Ceux petits poulets pauvres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPbXTA5cojvEdBrF610mgDy_BxexVCey8sV3nwoTxQm3iXnqESClA6M4GWT4C9YQ6wLis2uKfEtjVpGEPOeMX49XZihIHLsh4wjMViioRpn-cLEudBcfzkMM3OJ9AQnwh5-x52iWyFFM/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+445+DSC_0094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPbXTA5cojvEdBrF610mgDy_BxexVCey8sV3nwoTxQm3iXnqESClA6M4GWT4C9YQ6wLis2uKfEtjVpGEPOeMX49XZihIHLsh4wjMViioRpn-cLEudBcfzkMM3OJ9AQnwh5-x52iWyFFM/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+445+DSC_0094.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Poor Little Chickens...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen in a shop window on Rue de Rennes.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">We were hungry, but nothing here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Rennes</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Ceux petits poulets pauvres

Poor Little Chickens... Seen in a shop window on Rue de Rennes.   We were hungry, but nothing here! bon weekend Rue de Rennes 75006, Paris

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Sur le quai de la Seine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9iDFR41P_zkbgBf5AQlgMMjzKkp0EaQBQ58aSf6GN8UM7ATJOJurOBq0uPhS1MW-Kp74fgo3FRXaP3GYmCkWd_Q-5WHWbGbTELUJQte4GkTTn-g_DhYUi3GUZjna1vI0ICnNSU7Sso/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_221DSC_4904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgai9iDFR41P_zkbgBf5AQlgMMjzKkp0EaQBQ58aSf6GN8UM7ATJOJurOBq0uPhS1MW-Kp74fgo3FRXaP3GYmCkWd_Q-5WHWbGbTELUJQte4GkTTn-g_DhYUi3GUZjna1vI0ICnNSU7Sso/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_221DSC_4904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quai du Louvre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It would appear to be an after-work party with friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just come as you are...</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and bring <i>une baguette et du fromage </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note the Longchamp bag and man-scarf </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the fellow walking up to the group)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quai du Louvre - Seine</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Pont des Arts</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joining "July in Paris"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a look <a href="http://thyme-for-tea.blogspot.com/2014/07/paris-in-july-monday-menu-wk-4.html" target="_blank">here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Sur le quai de la Seine

Quai du Louvre It would appear to be an after-work party with friends. Just come as you are... ...and bring une baguette et du fromage (Note...

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